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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCROFULOUS

a. 1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.
2. Diseased or affected with scrofula.
Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCROFULOUS

Scrof "u *lous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. scrofuleux.]

 

1. Pertaining to scrofula, or partaking of its nature; as, scrofulous tumors; a scrofulous habit of body.

 

2. Diseased or affected with scrofula. Scrofulous persons can never be duly nourished. Arbuthnot. -- Scorf "u *lous *ly, adv. -- Scrof "u *lous *ness, n.